Category Archives: Music

Lush Lushes Luscious

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Tip o’ th’ hat to UR colleague Eddie Pensier for the “five way” idea. Here is a 5 way Lush Life. Since it’s a plural thing, make that Lushes’ Life. Or maybe Luscious Life, depending on the arrangement. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Andy Bey, Billy Strayhorn, Blossom Dearie, Frank Sinatra, Lush Life, Ricki Lee Jones, Sarah Vaughan | 2 Comments

Liner Notes

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Back when CD burning came in, I would often make up mixtapes complete with liner notes to give as gifts. Then one day I thought to make up a package. The music consisted of Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration and the Strauss … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged At Twilight, Death and Transfiguration, Richard Strauss, Robert Greenberg, Teaching Company | 2 Comments

GIF Du Jour

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Music, Sex | Tagged vinyl | 2 Comments

NOT The Beach Boys 2

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another installment: Love Tonight by Andrew Gold. As you will note, this is less a slavish copy than an homage to a particular approach to songwriting. And it gets around the Wilson-Love problem Faze discussed in the comments … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Andrew Gold, Beach Boys | Leave a comment

The Beach Boys’ Sixth Studio Album: All Summer Long

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: From journalists to mythologizers to metaphysicians. Not their first great album, but the first album that could arguably be considered their greatest.

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged music criticism, Southern California, Southern California Teenage Life, The Beach Boys | 3 Comments

Hark! How the Bells

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: When tree trimming this year I dispensed with iPod Christmas songs and just put on Pandora. I was about to set up a holiday station when I noted Pandora just started up with holiday songs by default. Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Philosophy and Religion | 2 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: The girls today in society Go for classical poetry. So to win their hearts one must quote with ease Aeschylus and Euripides. One must know Homer, and believe me, Beau Sophocles, also Sappho-ho. Unless you know Shelley … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Cole Porter, Kiss Me Kate | 6 Comments

NOT The Beatles 2

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another installment: My Before and After, by Cotton Mather. I find this one remarkable. I am simultaneously able to listen to it as a glorious John Lennon song and at the same time as a terrific work in … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Beatles, Cotton Mather, Kontiki | 3 Comments

“Who’s the hottest girl in the world?”

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: If you have any old relatives (or maybe it’s you: we won’t tell) who watch the grand old movie musicals of days gone by with wistful regret, shaking their head and saying, “they just don’t make movies … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Bollywood, Dostana, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra | 3 Comments

NOT The Beatles

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I posted my first NOT The Beach Boys earlier. Here is the first NOT The Beatles. It is another truly shameless rip-off, but enjoyable. There is an entire genre of music that rips off the Beatles in one … Continue reading →